Biomonitoring: an Integral component of public health practice

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• Corporate Authors:
  Association of Public Health Laboratories (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Three decades of biomonitoring studies demonstrate its usefulness in assessing population exposure to environmental chemicals. Despite being firmly established in national surveillance programs and despite growth in laboratory capabilities at the state and local level, biomonitoring is not yet considered an essential public health service used by state and local public health programs. This document reviews uses of biomonitoring by state health departments and indicates how biomonitoring can become an integral part of environmental and public health practice.
  
  This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement # U60HM000803 from CDC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.
  
  EH_2013July_Why-Biomonitoring-is-an-Integral-Component-of-Public-Health-Practice.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Biological Monitoring Environmental Health Environmental Monitoring Laboratories Sample Size Specimen Handling
• Series:
  Issues in Brief
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement # U60HM000803
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1e749f8c5acf821f7237c957cab1e244d84a060216ded82cbd8f0ec6e36152abdd9a1a08dc2a72cc9242c7c47b5f5c74b1c3512e723e79bb760ed52ff8a4ae58
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